Trip Information
Semester in the Field | PANAMA 2008
Trip Information |
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| Trip name | Semester in the Field |
| Destination Contact information |
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Tupper Building - 401 Balboa, Ancón Panamá, República de Panamá Tel: 011 507 212-8000 Fax: +507 212-8148 http://stri.org http://striweb.si.edu/princeton/index.html |
| Departure airport | Newark Airport |
| Departure date | February 2, 2008 |
| Return airport | Newark , NJ |
| Return date | May 1, 2008 |
Princeton University Contact |
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| Amy Bordvik Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Princeton University 109 Eno Hall Princeton , NJ 08544-1003 Tel: 609-258-2926 Fax: 609-258-2242 Email: amyb@princeton.edu |
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Ground transportation to/from airport |
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| Shuttle or car service name | *King Limo Tel: 1- 800-951-2680 or 609-951-0444 |
| Pickup Date, Time & Place | Feb 2 2008 (Saturday), 1:30 PM , in parking lot between Guyot & Eno Halls. Arrive in parking lot by 1:15 PM |
| Confirmation number | 320337-1 pickup / May 1 return-320337-2 return |
Airline Reservations |
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| Departure Sunday 2-Feb-08 |
Airline(s) | Continental Airways |
| Departure date | Feb 2, 2007, Saturday | |
| Flight number(s) | CO #887 from Newark to Panama City | |
| Departure time | 5:20 PM depart Newark | |
| Arrive Panama City | 10:40 PM (van pickup by STRI will be holding a sign with "Smithsonian") | |
| Return Thursday 1-May-08 |
Airline(s) | Continental Airways |
| Departure date | May 1, 2008, Thursday | |
| Flight number(s) | CO #886 from Panama City to Newark Airport | |
| Return time | 10:05 AM departure | |
| Arrive at destination | Arrive Newark 4:20 PM; May 1, 2008; (King limo pickup) | |
Contact / mailing information |
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| To send letters only from U.S.A . (no packages accepted)! Regular U.S. mail rates apply. | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Unit 0948 |
| To send letters from outside the US.A. (no packages accepted)! | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Name of Student )-Princeton Field Course Apartado 0843-03092 Balboa, Ancon Republic of Panama |
| To send packages please send via DHL or Fedex (Packages do not go directly to students location. They are received at the corporate office and then brought to the schoolhouse in Gamboa) If you must send a package this way it is best to arrange for it to be received ahead-contact | (Name of Student )-Princeton Field Course Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Tupper Building - 401 Balboa, Ancón Republic of Panama Tel: 011-212-8000 |
| STRI Contact
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Meylin Hernández Ying Office of Academic Programs Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 011 (507) 212-8256 (Office) 011 (507) 6616-9491 (Cell Phone) STRIcourses@si.edu (E-mail) |
| Emergency phone number Gamboa Schoolhouse (dormitory)-use 011 when calling from within the U.S. | (011) 507 314-9226 (011) 507 314-9227 (011) 507 314-9229 |
Courses |
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| Course website and information | http://striweb.si.edu/princeton/index.html |
| February 3 - February 23 | EEB 343: Biology of coral reefs (Steve Pacala) |
| February 25 - March 14 | EEB 354: Landscape diversity in tropical forest vertebrates and habitats (Martin Wikelski) |
| March 15 - 23 | Spring Break NOTICE THAT YOU NEED TO VACATE YOUR ROOMS AND STORE YOUR LUGGAGE DURING THE SPRING BREAK. |
| March 24 - April 12 | EEB: 332 Pre-Columbia Peoples of Tropical and America and Their Environment (Dolores Piperno and Richard Cooke) |
| April 13 - April 30 | EEB 338: The diversity of tropical rainforests (Yves Bassett) |
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| May 1 (travel day) | Depart Panama City 10:05 am; Continental flight 886; arrive Newark Airport 4:15 pm |
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King Limo pickup outside of customs-call when you arrive Confirmation # 320337-2 Tel: 1- 800-951-2680 or 609-951-0444 |